Tag: Cote d”ivoire
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Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana welcome other cocoa producing countries to the table
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo says the country is ready to welcome other cocoa-producing countries in the sub-region to the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative. Even though the initial agreement centres on the two largest cocoa-producing countries in Africa, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the secretariat says it is…
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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire pursue joint cocoa sector reforms
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have agreed on at least twelve actions to be adopted by both countries as they collaborate to improve the cocoa sectors of their respective economies. Following a meeting between the Presidents of the two countries in March, the Ghana COCOBOD and its equivalent body in Cote d’Ivoire met in Accra between…
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Galamsey polluting Ivory Coast’s water bodies
Ivorian authorities want the government of Ghana to stop the activities of illegal miners as the menace is impacting negatively on the country’s water resources. Ivorian water bodies that take their sources from the Western region of Ghana are heavily polluted and the situation is expected to worsen if unchecked. The concerns were raised during…
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Ghana ends first round of oral defence in maritime border dispute
Ghana has ended the first round of oral argument in the maritime dispute between it and Ivory Coast at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ITLOS. Ghana’s new Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, who led the legal team questioned Ivory Coast’s claims, despite a long standing agreement on their maritime boundary under their…